Gender Politics and Social Research (839P4)

30 credits, Level 7 (Masters)

Autumn teaching

Gender Politics and Social Research is a core module on the MA Gender Studies. It aims to approach feminist theory and methodology at advanced levels, critically exploring feminist research on a number of different issues and engaging with the politics of the research process itself.

The first half of the module introduces different methodologies and methods, encouraging you to reflect critically on your strengths and weaknesses, and how feminists have used them in the service of political projects. In the second half of the module, you'll design research projects on two case-study issues and attempt to operationalise key feminist theories.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 300 hours of work. This breaks down into about 30 hours of contact time and about 270 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.